FLCCC Alliance Statement on the FDA’s Removal of Content Telling the Public to “Stop it” Regarding Taking Ivermectin to Prevent and Treat COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FDA has complied with the March 22 settlement, removed, and replaced the page on their website, and deleted social media posts that erroneously attempted to say that ivermectin was for horses, telling the public to “stop it.”

“I am glad that the content is now gone, and we can put this behind us,” said Paul E. Marik, M.D., FCCM, FCCP, a plaintiff in the case, chairman and chief scientific officer of the FLCCC Alliance (FLCCC), and former Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Unfortunately, the damage done by the FDA’s actions will continue to have a negative impact on public health for some time.”

On March 22 a settlement was reached in the lawsuit, Apter et al. v. Dep’t. of Health and Human Services et al., In the settlement, the FDA agreed to remove website and social media posts that make statements about using ivermectin for COVID-19.

The settlement can be found here: https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Stipulation-of-Dismissal.pdf

The FLCCC filed its amicus brief supporting the lawsuit in February of 2023. A copy of the brief can be found here: https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/FLCCC-Apter-v-HHS-Amicus-2-13-23-FINAL.pdf

About the FLCCC Alliance

The FLCCC Alliance was organized in March 2020 by a group of highly published, world renowned critical care physicians and scholars with the academic support of allied physicians from around the world. FLCCC’s goal is to research and develop lifesaving protocols for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in all stages of illness including the I-RECOVER protocols for “Long COVID” and Post Vaccine Syndrome. For more information: www.FLCCC.net

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